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Application Software Startup Seeking Loan in Noord, Aruba

Company that developed student cards with cashless system/attendance system seek loan, 15 school contracts acquired.
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Established 1-5 year(s)
Employees 2 - 5
Legal Entity Sole Proprietorship/Sole Trader
Reported Sales Nil
Run Rate Sales USD 50 thousand
EBITDA Margin 30 - 40 %
Industries Application Software
Locations  Noord
Local Time 2:21 AM America / Aruba
Listed By Business Owner / Director
Status Active
Overall Rating
Seeking Loan
USD 28 thousand for 15.0% annual interest, 2 years (Native Currency: AWG 50,000)
Reason: To be able to expand our software services to more institutions; marketing efforts, and hire a full-... View More
Collateral Available: USD 0
Includes physical assets worth USD 8.3 thousand
Interested to connect with advisors
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Business Overview
- Within 5 months of going public with our services, we have received more than 15 signed institutions and have signed contracts with Aruba's 3 largest school boards for launching further schools on our expandable software beginning of next year.
Our revenue model depends on numerous factors;
- Amount of students.
- Features desired on the cards.
- Amount of classrooms (sensors to be installed)
For example, if a school has 500 students, then we charge AWG 10-12 per card, but when a school has around 100 students then we charge AWG 15-20 per card.
- We estimate by the end of next year, we will be operating in ~50 educational institutions or more.
- We have recently also received international interest to operate in surrounding islands, which we plan to do by the next school year.
Products & Services Overview
We manufacture student cards and integrate them with our own:
- Cashless software.
- Attendance software (check-in & check-out)
- Student information system.
Other than profiting from the lease of the smart cards software (s), we also profit from additional methods:
- Lanyards to hold student cards (card-holders)
- Canteen inventory system & cashless canteen POS System.
- Making & distributing our hardware for check-in and check-out.
Currently, there are no other products/services in the region with the same purpose interests, and use.
Our services are fully directed towards the Educational Sector, primarily among:
- Primary schools.
- Secondary schools.
- Colleges.
- Universities.
Additional also available to:
- Gyms.
- Clubs.
- Teams.
To track and note entrances/exits automatically.
Assets Overview
- Check-in and check-out hardware.
- Cashless devices.
- Lanyards.
- Student smartcards.
- Attendance software.
- Cashless software (closed-loop)
- Student information system.
Facilities Overview
No facility. - An office room at personal residential address.
(Storage room & office room)
Capitalization Overview
- The business is funded entirely by the profits gained from clients, as of the present time, we have only one outstanding loan, for which we are paying a monthly recurring amount of (AWG 350) to finalize payment of the (AWG 1,950) within 6 months.
- Company has 1 director.
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